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Engineering at University of California - Davis

Engineering at University of California - Davis

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at University of California - Davis stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and has a total student population of 39,074.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UC Davis Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering

UC Davis Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UC Davis is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 77 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UC Davis

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of California - Davis.

UC Davis Engineering Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Davis since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 262
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 183
White 172
International Students 110
Other Races/Ethnicities 77

UC Davis Engineering Master’s Program

26% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Davis with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 64
International Students 59
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Davis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering 274
Civil Engineering 243
Biomedical Engineering 129
General Engineering 123
Chemical Engineering 120
Computer Engineering 100
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 86
Electrical Engineering 69
Materials Engineering 53
Environmental Engineering 37
Agricultural Engineering 13
Textile Engineering 1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers 148,550 $127,950
Systems Software Developers 88,910 $131,700
Civil Engineers 45,060 $109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers 31,580 $175,010
Electronics Engineers 29,210 $123,540

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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